Overstone green

A43, Overstone Green, Northampton

Client:L&Q Estates Sector:Development Infrastructure, Residential Services:Civil Engineering Link Design Lead:Robert Gill

Link was instructed on the development of a new 86 hectare residential development of circa 1600 dwellings. Building on our relationship with L&Q Estates who are working in partnership with Davidson Homes, onsite works involved the Section 38 residential spine roads, Section 104 drainage design and full technical approval packages. This residential infrastructure also consists of strategic footway and cycleway links which connect with all residential parcels, as well as amenity features such as ponds, swales and Local Equipped Areas for Play.

Link was also commissioned to undertake the Section 278 works which comprised a 4-arm 70m ICD roundabout, tying back into the existing A43 carriageway. In due course, the A43 single carriageway will become a dual carriageway, so we were also commissioned to design a footway/cycleway that met the same line and level for the future dual carriageway but for the current single carriageway works. This involved a complex design to ensure the levels would work with both the single and dual carriageway scenario.

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Robert Gill

Director

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Valentin Ivanov

Associate

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Jason Gibbons

Senior Design Technician

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Karishma Lally

Senior Civil Engineer

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Milton Keynes, Western Expansion Area 10

Milton Keynes

Client:L&Q Estates, Redlawn Land Limited Sector:Development Infrastructure, Residential Services:Civil Engineering Link Design Lead:Nick Moore

Building on established relationships, Link were appointed to assist Redlawn Land Limited (a joint venture between Milton Keynes Council and L&Q Estates) to design the strategic infrastructure to support the delivery of the Western Expansion Area in Milton Keynes.

The work included the design of roads and drainage infrastructure in the Area 10 South part of the development to support the delivery of 1,500 homes, a primary school and community facilities.

Due to the historic nature of the site, in order to successfully deliver the project our team at Link assimilated and processed a vast amount of data in a short space of time.

Link worked proactively with the client team with a regular dialogue via technical workshops and interaction with Milton Keynes Council and the water authority, Anglian Water Services. This engagement led to the generation of several significant value engineering options including reduction in roundabout sizing and rationalising drainage proposals.

Key constraints in the project were tie-ins to existing infrastructure, ecological management plans and underground services including BPA fuel lines and water mains.

As our largest individual project to date, the whole team were involved in various aspects, working together to ensure delivery to deadline.

Services included:

  • Section 38 and 278 highway design
  • Section 98 and 104 drainage design
  • Earthworks
  • Service coordination and protection plans
  • Signage, Pavements, Kerbing
  • Structural AIPsĀ 
  • Legal plans
  • Land drainage
  • Design decision log
  • Designers risk assessments

Team Member Contact

Robert Gill

Director

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Jason Gibbons

Senior Design Technician

EngTECH MICE